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DocumentPro-Poor Policy Options/ Vietnam: The Case for Public-Private Partnership for Irrigation Service Development and Management in An Giang Province 2011
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No results found.This policy brief suggests that agricultural cooperative and cooperation group operation of small to medium-size irrigation services in Vietnam’s An Giang province will further modernize the agricultural sector and increase production. The existing irrigation infrastructure cannot meet farmer demand, which results in higher production costs and underutilized services. Enabling cooperatives to manage small to medium-size irrigation systems, while continuing government control of large systems, is therefore an important strategy for optimizing irrigation system benefits and improving poor farmers’ livelihoods. -
DocumentPro-Poor Policy Options/ Vietnam: The Case for Land Consolidation Linked to Labor Transformation 2011
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No results found.This policy brief suggests amending Viet Nam’s Law on Land and utilizing innovative strategies to encourage land consolidation and labor transformation in rural areas. Under existing policies, farmers’ attempts to consolidate land or to change profession have met with mixed results. Formulating policy that is relevant to farmers’ needs is therefore essential to improving the livelihoods of the nation’s poor. -
DocumentPro-Poor Policy Options: The Case for Rice Crop Insurance in Indonesia 2011
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No results found.This policy brief addresses rice crop insurance as a means to reduce rural poverty in Indonesia. Rice farming enjoys a central role as a source of livelihoods within the agricultural sector and is a major food source for domestic and export consumption. Although national policies stabilize prices and subsidize inputs, policy solutions to minimize the impact of rice farming’s inherent risks, and resulting crop loss and failure, are presently lacking.
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